Surgical bandage



(ModeL) vJ; JACQUES.

sm gioal Bandage. No'. 236,035., Patented Dec. 28,1880;

MPEIERS, PHOYG-UTNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D c ATENT JEAN JACQUES, OFW-ATEBBURY, CONNECTICUT.

'SURGICAL BANDAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,035, dated December28, 1880.

Application filed April16, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Beit known thatl, JEAN J AOQUES, of Waterbury, in the county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented a new 1m provement in SurgicalBandages; and I do hereby declare the following, wheutaken in connec- Ito be done,-for so many reasons so apparent to those skilled in the useof such a bandage that further description is unnecessary.

The object of this invention is to produce a bandage which may besecured without pinning or stitching, and by means only which it carrieswith itself; and the invention consists in the bandage as hereinafterdescribed.

A strip, A, is first cut of the width and length required, and from suchfabric as is commonly used for such bandages. At one end, B, the bandageis coated with a composition upon both sides, or so as to penetrate thefabric, and of such a nature that it instantly adheres to itself whenthe surfaces are brought together, but does not adhere to the fabric orto the skin of the person. The

best composition possessing these properties is made from equal parts ofrubber, litharge, and sulphur ground together, then reduced by theapplication of naphtha or equivalent solvent to a consistency to readilystrike into and completely fill the fabric. It is best applied byspreading it upon the part of the fabric-required and then allowed todry. Thus applied, it will appear alike on both sides of the fabric.

The bandage is wound around the part in the usual manner until it comesto the coated portion at its end, then the winding is continued,

but so as to bring the last fold of the coated fabric onto itself, aslight pressure serving to cause the meeting coated surfaces to firmlyadhere to each other the instant they are so pressed together, thusavoiding the use of pins or stitches.

When it is desired to remove the bandage it is only necessary to takehold of the end of the coated part and strip it from the other, which iseasily and readily done, and may be again applied in like manner, asseveral times using does not affect the adhesive properties of thiscomposition.

The width and length of the bandage will depend upon the purpose forwhich it is intended.

Instead of coating one end of the bandage, a piece of the coatedmaterial may be stitched or otherwise attached to the end of the bandageproper, it only being essential to this invention that the end of thebandage shall be provided with. a coating of material which will adhereto itself, but not to the fabric or to the skin. A

These bandages are made of various widths and lengths as an article ofmanufacture, and supplied to the trade as an article of commerce.

It will be understood that several bandagesv may be made in a singlestrip by applying the coating material at intervals.

I do not claim in thisapplication the coating material described in thisspecification, or a plaster covered entirely with it, as this forms thesubject of another application.

I claim- As an article of manufacture, the strip of fabric coated orfurnished at its ends, or at intervals in its length, with substantiallythe adhesive material herein described, which adheres to itself, but notto the bandage proper, whereby all pinning of the bandage is done awaywith.

JEAN JACQUES.

Witnesses: I

J 0s. 0. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

